The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-23 00:00:00

LITERATURE PO R GET-ME.NO T. Ackermann, L on d on , 1838 . Thi s is, we believe, the oldest of the Annuals, and is certainly one of th e best conducted of the glittering frater- I n ity. The literary department contains numerous clever nse,,tiles,st.wo of whi c h,- name l y, " T he S i ege " by Jerrold, t.:PCßleeding-Heart Yard" by Mackenzie, are full of ex adroitly worked-up incident. Miss Landon, now Maclean, contributes two or.three poems, though not dialber best styl e ; an d Mi ss Browne an animated poetic Iltalogu e trust entitled " Th e P oet and the Magician. " Nor aron we omit to mention the " Genie of 'Wealth," which is de oriental ta l e penned in a sprightly, vigorous manner, ti by one who is familiar with the customs and legendary traditions of th e E ast. The Illustrations are eleven in num her, are, the majority of them, from the pencil of Rolls, i s r.anks deservedly h;gh as an engraver. The " Siege" stirr ing, animated sketch, containing a variety of figures ;Tedarmed with considerable skill. The countenance of the warrior, who is leaning sadly against the battle his f ee t of . 4 fortress, with some spent cannon balls at Pe t h 'eet, as if hopeless of being able longer to defen bevsieged town, is full of expression. Mor . niny itu.eeeY:r with a little boy sitting on his mother xis s ; his little hands clasped together in prayer. 4ess u gUre is well delineated ; but there is more stern • ratit in the lady' s countenance than the occas i on war , sleotti A " Highland Gilli e " s h ows us a w ild, moun t a i nous sh landscape, with a Highlander and his sinewy, es 37 " horse s t an di ng together in the fore-ground. Mar r„i_ is a striking view of this celebrated cockney watering are, re Ihe picture is a clever one, but the artist has imi- I T,u_rner's manner rather too closely. " The Prin s cess n i the seen west" exhibits a pretty little fragment o f sylvan Oft h ery :na.s. seen through a . half-op . ened window. The figure Idchan female who is kneeling at the feet of a lady alivene near this window, is truly symmetrical in its pro- Porti o You a „, E 7_ . In the plate entitled " Almeira," we see two females" who appear busily engaged in a brisk alter ". As the one is all smiles and sweetness, and the °tiler lo a k th at .‘ B as sour as a vinegar -cruet, we take for granted 1,13, the e latter has got the worst of the argument. Possi both L e Y are quarrelling about a " sweet-heart" with whom L as t ua" fallen in love ; and the smiling one feels that she i n ~.ne best chance of success. The broad masses of shade 2 engravin. are well defined, especially in the back- W -1: 1 114(1 * Alice Lee"—which by-the-bye, is illustrated se itu Some sweet stanzas from the pen of L. E. L.Te l ) a re : ...; It s the interior of an old, high-roofed baroni al h• waerei, at an oaken table, curiously carved, are seate d tw o . iveverable men , while a young lady—doubtless the fair neroj oe of Scott's " Woodstock"—is reading to them some fil-rages, from the Bible probably, for she is on her knees, plate attitu de of devotion. Stocks is the engraver of this , which is one of the best in the volu The remain. g Plat es are of the avenge o,d r of mer mit.e. STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION. Smith, London, 1838. &Ye have here editions of some of the most popular of 67 tt's and Crabbe's poems ; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wake teid ; Kirke White's poems ; and Bligh's Narrative of the jiny of the Bounty ;—each o f w hi c h i s completed in one e e n t ,o part ; printed with remar k a bl e elegance, on excel af Paper, acrd priced at the comparatively insignificant sum o ut °L .le shilling. Wh en S cott ' s L ady of the Lake first came h ere quarto, the selli ng p r i ce was a gu i nea-and-a-half, and ch eap we have it, notes and all. for a shilling ! T ru ly, thi s i s li terature with a v e n geance ! ELLIS'S BRITISH TARIFF. wilier! 8 the e l eventh ed i t i on, containing all the alterations t ` l o have been made in our l aws concern i ng trade and% eat Rio:house regulations during the last Session of ParlT- Icr in : Ar r most useful w or k. I n a neat , compen di ous, p l a i n ofi nf " I '. Ellis s upp li es every mercant i le man with the sort an o rtoatio n too we Whi c h h e mos t requ i res . S uc h a wor k, w hi c h pensab'e i nmate o f every count i ng -h ouse , i s now tj oil 7eil know n t o the public to need any recommenda ita I. "' us. E very year a dd s t o i ts mer it, an d a dd s to cul i cr ation. THEATRES. i l. Th e ), DRURY-LANE. " th„, e w " grand chivalric entertainment,' which p h s a s s t, b w ee a n s ~— " ►e of so much conversation for several weeks s which the ear e "'At produced, with that perfect succe.. tioe clind expense that have been lavished on its prepare brilliant spec hoe ould scarcely fail to command. heee' °r rather as a series of brilliant sp A ec s ta n h cl i e e s h , it never has is intended kerelexcelled on the stage. The drama, which Illi 4t l as the usher to a variety of scenic wonders, is deno sae M Cariem,,, It ia in truth, a very meagre ske n tc c h, eh ) 1 4 its dev I ne. "t remarkable for transpare . y. a q e it t i tr i: e,m ie ag w n h e i ch ha g a e r n v P er rn y er litt d le nn to do with the story—the chief Count of Clermont (Mr. Baker), A.100:1°,,n, Count of e Pt la ti n er; ( Mr. Brindal ), and Marsila, the ;4efeat:d' 84ragossa Mr. H. Wallack). Roland has not only outed d and disgr a ced Marsila in the field, but he has ir.otu bite him ",i.tn s in the tenderest point—his love. He Ina taken 'n.le h al mistress, Xarifa (Miss Fitzwalter), who has andwil t,ll: e enm e the betrothed of the conqueror. Between Mar n i Ganalon there exists a secret understanding. Gan !eau,: Wiltin g to . aid . the enemy of his religion . and d of his h le, 41 1 3:• a if Marsila will assist him daenstfriojaysinßolaii, constantly st w ood Z ia tw, e ; Y h s im be a e n n d at the e rp in path, favour en of his royal master, Charlemagne. person, trrsila though he hates the traitor, willingly accedes to the , iie • -ti t ,. —y a private entrance Marsila is admitted to the t r lar: s of Clermont, the stronghold of Roland, where he ita e e with the treacherous Ganalon, who first points out to tri 17 he may carry off Xarifa at midnight, and next. how le l ,, ri ' a Y best destroy Roland and his troops on the morrow, ‘vii . i, h t r ,hey are proceeding through a pass of the Pyrenees, ‘ith ,„‘ianalon, whose duty it is to mark the route, takes care, ,nwe'ne assistance of his turbanned friend, to be so impracti -I,leve: tad, that destruction must await an army assailed in '"e I,* Ya f eebleenemy. The lady is carried away ; but s ib al are immediatelypursued, and the deep-laid 'llil eke 0 Gana lonandMaraila is defeated. Xarifa is rescued, ••4,l.ign he han d is bestowed on the brave Roland by Cherie ::: X e• o4 .•e n o far the eripetie is complete. The lovers Roland (Aq u i 'L, are made happy ; but what becomes . of the .re t4,4l'diae?"r• Maraila, and the recreant Christian warrior, th . t'o Of that we ig norant. We did hear Cherie a afte r • •e• are and treachery, hu -101 ,e.iy ertle...!nveiguing against treason . tr le eann rtnat a great offender, whether Marsila or Gana te44taie ii ' 1 55 . Y• should be consigned to the tender mercies 44: 11 y ea .°ns, tigers, panthers, and leopards, who had been I), 1 01 ueh. Instanter, the scene changed, arid Mr. Van 1 1 1 : t8 ' d ra l w ° ?k his station, with the utmost grace, in his wild For t Aieb ur i n t g , room. The extraordinary talent which Mr. toe fea r and possesses to make the fiercest beasts of the ° F 11 9 t ka le ` l , ° bey him, and to induce thoseofsmaller size 1 14„ 111 1, I s ,wnt gentler natures to fawn on and to be fond i ;4 on ce ' pj:lint in natural history . to which we have more titertit y at -.qvetted. He certainly must be . con . sidered . as a hi e s ,r,:ll)rdinary man, who makes a lion his bed, t si;! l be 47_ 59 ', and a leopard his foot-covering, and who, a ltett'°llahiea,4B, uses a respectable panther in the place of Ih e ea %hohn' These things mentioned, it is right h that it B ea be done to the Messrs. Grieve, by whom Pit tln trat e r 's been painted. It is chiefly architectural, and liVee,tni rf.'l massive• The piece is throughout a beautiful ld o 1 - tof 11,,„1'e a nd action beinc , substituted for the mere . co mtt il e ,ne Pi: Pencil. (:)e Mr! Ducrow, under whose direc- Nth;"ith4 4, `" has been, in a great measure, brought out, we I ,,'' l o r l r ide, ;isaid nothing, because he ought to stand, or ;:ke ,10d,-„a"e. He sustained" the part of Hemet, a captive h e ltni s r,la kr: 11 faithful and attached servant, to v . vl.o:n e 'Oi ' tit -11 n the hour of peril. His pantomime was ' arr id• of Mad Celeste,and • filly L • ir k _ ame .. his horse sorcery was tiii uest ow 4 musi c , by Eliason, is far beyond the strains It‘lle. Y. 11 1 e I o n spectacles.Of the actors we have little .h 'Nat e .' "Ild not inucht do, and they did that wine meted to them carefully. inslurVoo„ ADELPHL . . 1 -u e I -. 3 Or th ..., 4 , t b., alittlat, e Conquest of .Mysore, a at this theatre `ql q - tht, , ~,e of the playbills, was produced n " Asiatic burletta," Not 9 4o rt tic ! gave the Bayaderes another and a very favo T u h r- e very ti iii 4 of • .displaying • effects are It. 14 i . 11 urli tY of their national dances. '4,04% , Incidcnts and the dramatic t '''e h 41 1 e kh i ' melodramatic company 4 . , 4 „ oi tar , - oie strength of the I N ti llh . • rlali L't4B employed. Mr. Yates performed principal collector Mrs. ri lt .te ( Nii- .Bgrri an in the service of the k , :s w-+-1. Wilkinson) in the kingdom of Mysore. of tha pa or part s . 0%.,,,0art., wit.hoenrheroine. ' Mr. Cullenford enacted the King , ly ed % eRt di nitand success; and Mr. Lyon, who It e , l es A r . g Y • • . tal spectac le, ex teri all , a.loon, the hero of this or iental . I,:tlity,‘%lllleharleteristics of rage, jealousy, despair, and within the walls of a t ottO (Jr t h 'eh are only to be foun d . 17t0,,, Btleeleegs,efsio.f a romance. The piece was, however, t ia .'4° ,, r ; t l il , i , -- ------- , • of the a j 'i.... ' f r°•-suanl has taken the late mansion _ l'o t ri • i i i a; g B en li fr sbu ry ' in Belgrave-street in . r ' ,, aftDn-street on a lease, the Learned 1-, 3 ' sla 4,o„'lsecl his P 1 went mansion l)p`ltit;,,, "IL k:4.41.11 ' lII II' O F A COURT PHYSICIAN.- 414tat4 AIR. L r , , ,:t)rees attendin-eg tLiEn.Y., death S u o E rt ' his amiable and worthy , t , .. if the medical profession has —The distressing cir excited great lute ,ait:kir.li.. facts attending the ' melancholy event . were n t 4 t ' h i V,. I?otekdiescript:on. Sir Henry Halford hav inggyears 44,1silsictest te'rYn'sO ifth. w hom he had b een f p fu r c m onn y ection, ''t,,Nlr''rPt,44Y him by thent r l aTl a ro c a y d an t o his country seat in . Lei- . ' 1, , - D I :gA ~,'. 'lir Lockley, whilst reading a Newspaper in th e ''.e I,N ' a t ,' s B ud d e nly attacked by illness. When the train v+OsFf‘,, .1 0 , ..1" statio n y . Mr Lockley was conveyed into i.,!' 4ecompanied by his ' friend Sir Henry Halford, who t, N et , •'(.l to those preAent that Afr. Loekley was a higlil e,, dhl,, c i ,,:'., ,r 1 gntleman, begged them to send for me lical assis 4iki ohtlit4c all possible care of him. Sir Henry pro iortl 414 'is J"nroc,V, having invited a large party of the no ti,,lttotrl gentry of the neiuhbourhood to dine with him. Un tliQ I the,,' no medical man could be found fur several hours, " 14, 1, 111 °4 's did arriv e it was too late to affard aseatance to I ts r `ole t. 4te suffe,er the diser.se having been apoplexy. to r : to di p [St± Ihnry4is eagerness to meet the nobility who , Ith r oo lle le with him seems to have made him neglect tb, Y (li d 2t duties of friendship and humanity. We beg to ask gi)t %I li 3 PhYsiciaa attend to his friend ?) COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, MONDAY. —This afternoon her Majesty, attended by the Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Falkland, Sir Robert Ot. way, Sir F. _Stovin, and the Baroness Lehzen, enjoyed her accustomed airing on horseback in the Park. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent drove to Ken sington, and returned in the evening to dinner. Lady .Mary Stopford, the Ladies E. and C. Paget, and Lady Littleton drove out in a carriage and four. The Ea7l Spencer, Viscount Melbourne, and the Marquis Conyngham arrived this afternoon. To-morrow the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and family are expected to arrive at the Castle, on a visit t!) her Majesty. The Duchess of Gloucester does not intend to return to Bagshat Perk. We learn that her Royal Highness will pass the winter at Brighton. Earl Spencer left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, to have an audience of the Queen. Previous to leav ing town the Noble Earl had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne in Downing -street. Viscount Melbourne left tcwn-at half-past four o'clock yes. terday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle, Sir John Conroy has returned to Kensington from a tour ot some weeks in Ireland. The French, Prussian, Austrian, Belgian, and Drnish Mi nisters transacted business yesterday ar the Foreign Office. Lord Howard de Walden transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer transacted business yes terday at Lord Melbourne's office. Lord Palmerston, Lord Mi n t o , an d the Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Lord Melbourne yesterday at his house in South-street. Despatches were received yestfrday at at the Colonial De partment from Major-General Sir A. Woodford, the Governor of Gibraltar. FASHIONABLE INTaLIGENCE ARRIVALS. . Viscount Ebrington, in Grosvenor-square, from Dublin ; Sir John Brook and Lady Pechell, in Hill-street, from Brigh ton; Lord Stanley, M.P., in St. James's-square, from the seat of the Earl of Derby, Knowsley Park, Lancashire ; Mr. Tisdall, in Charles -street. Berkeley -square, from Germany. DEPARTURES. Lady Anna Maria Donkin, from Park-street, for Brighton, the Hon. Capt. H. Grey, from Berkeley-square, for Howick Hall, on a visit to , Eari and Countess Grey ; Mr. George and Lady Louisa Finch, from South Audley.street, for St. Leo nard's; Lord Brougham, from Bolgrave-street, for his resi dence at Dover; the Marquis of Wat , rford, from Conduit street, for the North ; Lord Granville Somerset, M. P., from Clarges-street, for his seat, in Montgomeryshire. CHANGES. The Marquis of Bute, at his scat, Cardiff Castle, Glamor ganshire, fr im Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire ; the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at Ainwick Castle, from their seat, near Kelso ; the Earl of Donoughmore, at his seat, Knocklofty House, in Ireland, fr om H arrogate, Yorkshire ; Lord and Lady Bateman and the Hon. Miss Hanbury, at Cheltenham, from their seat in Wales ; the Marquis of Exeter, at his seat, Burghley House, near Stamford, from Newmarket; the Earl of Hardwicke, at Alnwick Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, from his seat, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire ; the Earl and Countess of Delmore, at Cas tle Coolf., from a tour of visits; Lady Longhorn. at Brighton, from Tunbridge Wells ; General Sir Ronald Ferguson, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, at Biel House, Fifeshire, from Kirkaldy, N. B. ; the Marquis of Chandos and Earl Temple, at Wootton House, Bucks, from Salthill ; Viscount Burghersh, from Florence, for Paris; Sir Henry St. John Madmay, Bart., at Florence, froM Milan ; Lady Charlotte Greville, on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, at Worsley Hall, near Manchester, fern a tour ; Sir Joseph Hawley, Ba-t., at Cowes, in the Mischief yacht. from a cruise ; Lord Walp o l e , a t Florence, from a t our i n L om b ar d y ; Sir John Campbell and Lady Stratheden, from the Marquis of Abercorn'sseot, Dud dingstone ; Lady and the Misses Whitshed, at Worthing, from Holbrook Farm, Horsham ; General Sir George Anson, at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, f. um Staffordshire ; Colonel Bou vei ie, Royal Horse Guards, at Windsor, from a visit to the Earl and Coubtoss of Wilton, at Heaton Park, Lancashire • the Countess of N ew b urg h an d M iss Rosamond Clifford, at Ain don, Sussex, from a visit to Lord and Lady Arundel, at War.. dour Castle, Wilts; the Marquis of Northampton and Lady Marianne Compton, from a tour of the Lakes of Westmore land, for Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire; the Earl of Alta mont, at Cambridge University, from Westport House, Sligo ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings and the Earl of Rawdon, from Boner Lodge, Ayrshire, for Donningzon, Lei cestershire ; Colonel Arbuthnot, 72d Regiment, at Woodford House, near Kettering, from Ceylon ; the Earl of Coventry, at Southern Bank, Worcestershire, from a visit to Lord and Lady Deerhurst, at Boston. on-the-Hill, Glouce3tershire ; Lord Saye and Sole, at Brighton, from B roug ht on C ast l e; the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, on a visit to Viscoun't Morpeth, at the Secretary's Lodge, Dublin, from his seat Stowy House near Bridgewater. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland arrived Hamilton-place last evening, from a visit to the Earl of Har rowby, at Sandon Hall, Staffirdshire. Her Grace also paid a short visit to the Duke of Sutherland's seat, Trentham Hall, (although his Grace is on the Continent). On her way to town her Grace travelled by the Birmifigham Railroad, her carriage horses meeting ber at Euston-square. The Earl-and Countess of Tankerville are expected to leave Chillingworth Castle, near Durham, early in the next month. The Countess of Bridgewater arrived in Grosvenor square on Thursday last, and on Saturday returned to Ash ridge Castle, in Hertfordshire. Her Ladyship contemplates paying a visit to her estates in Cheshire. Lord Henry Beauclerk, who has been for some time in delicate health, which compelled him to retire from the army, is rather better. Lord Emlyn arrived in South Audley-street on Sa turday, from a tour on the Continent. To-morrow his Lord. ship go er s to Stackpoole Court, in Pembrokeshire, on visit to the Earl and Countess of Cawdor. -- Sir George Talbot and the Misses Talbot are gone :o their seat in Scotland for the Winter. Sir Edmund Antrobus left town on Saturday last for Amesbury, to attend a field-day of the Wiltshire Yeo manry, in which he holds a Captain's commission. Sir Gilbert and Lady Heathcote have left Norman ton Park, Rutlandshire, for their villa in Surrey. Mr. Robert Henry Beaumont, of Whitley Hall, in Yorkshire, who arrived in Grosvenor-square a few days ago, left town on Saturday last on an extended tour, accompanied by his Lady and family. Mr. and Lady Georgiana Codrington arrived in Park-lane on Saturd,ty last from a tour. In a few days they intend to pay a visit to Sir Bethel and his Lady, at Doddifig ton Cas t le, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The painting of the great hall, Exeter Hall, being completed, the concerts of the Sacred Harmonic Society will be resumed early in November. The members are rehearsing Handel's oratorios, Solomon and Samson. We understand that Lord Teignmouth has been in Manchester several days this week, inspecting some of the factories, and paying visits to the cottages of a number of the persons employed in factory lab:mr, with a view to the Parlia mentary disett, , sion of that question.—Manchester Guardian. Lord Howard de Walden leaves town on the Bth of November fur Lisbon. His LotdAlip's new carriages will be s')iprd on the first of that month. The Dukes of Cadiz and Seville, sons of the In fante D,41 Francisco de Paula of Spain, are placed at the Col lege of Henry IV., at Paris. The Duke d'Aumale and the Duke de Montpensier are at the same College. The Earl and Countess Qf Hillsborough, who are at present staying on a visit to Sir Frederick and Lady Bathurst, at Clarendon Park, Wilts, will shortly proceed to Leamington Spa for the purpose of the Noble Earl hunting with Viscount Holmesdale, who has taken a hunting lodge in the neighbourhood. The Earl of Hardwicke left Ravensworth Castle the latter part of last week, where his Lordship had been visiting Lord and Lady Ravensworth, for. Ale wick Castle, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. The accounts received yesterday at Coventry House state that Viscount Deerhurst continued in a dangerous con. dition at Boston-on-the Hill. Dr. Latham, of Grosvenor. street, has been down express to visit his noble patient, but he could hold out no hopes of his Lordship's recovery. We re gret to add that Lady Deerhurst's health is in a delicate state, arising from her close and unremitting attendance on her lord. Admiral Sir Philip Durham, K.C.8., Port-Admi ral of Portsmouth, was 'to have given a grand dinner to a large party of mval officer•, and a ball afterwards to the no bility and gentry for miles around, last evening at Portsmouth, in commemoration of the battle of Trafalgar, in which bril liant victory the Gallant Admiral held a prominemt command under that brightest luminary of the British navy, Horatio, first Earl Nelson. BATH, SATURDAY.—Viscount Condexia has re turned to Portland-place, from Cheltenham. Arrivals.—The Earl of St. Germains, Circus; Lady Seton ; Colonel Dau beney, Crescent; Sir William and Lady Dick, Pulteney; Baron de Gotel, Sir L. Palk, Sir William Clinton, Lord W) nford, Sir Thomas Champneys, Earl and Countess of Coik, Hon. Misses Mackay, Sir John Dance, Lady Hip. pisley, Sir W. Ball, &c. Lady Methuen has left for De vonshire. Alnwick Castle is full of company. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, accompanied by Sir Charles Dalbiac, arrived early in the week,, from the family seat, near Kelso. Lord and Lady Ravensworth, Hon. Thomas and Hon. Miss Liddell, have arrived from Ravensworth Castle, and were ac companied by the Earl of Hardwicke, the Noble Lord and Lady's son-in-law. The Earl of Tankerville and his son, Lord Oisulston, M. P., are among the guests. Mr. D'Urqu hart, Sir Matthew W. Ridley, Bart., &c., are also visiting ibeir Graces. At the sessions ball, on Thursday evening, the whole of the visitors at the Castle accommuied her Grace and the Hon. Miss Percy. It was most - fashionably attended The Earl of Hardw•icke and the Duchess of Roxburghe : -, pened the ball. The Duke of Northumberland was absent, but the Duchess of Northumberland, Duke and Duchess o! Roxburghe, Lord Ossulston, M.P., Lord and Lady Ravens worth, Viscount and Viscountess Ilowiek, Earl of Tanker vine, Hon. H. and Mrs. Liddell, Sir Charlei Dalbiac, Sit Matthew W. Ridley, Hon. Captain Grey, Hon. T. Liddell. Mr. Hinde, M. P., M r. NI. Bt M.P., r Hon. Miss Liddell, Mr. Ingham, M. P., Major Cadogan, General Grey, &e., were amongst the distinguished individuals present. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1838.1 MONEY AND CITY NE WS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) CH RO N I CLE.—The appearance of the English Stock market is altogether better, and Consols are gradually re covering the depression they lately sustained. The last prices were :—Consols for Money, 931 to ; for the Ac count, 93i to 94 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 i to ; Exchequer Bills, 65 to 67 prem. ; Bank Stock, 203 to 204 ; India Bonds, 6.5 to 67 prem. ; and India Stock, 260 to 261. Foreign securities of all descriptions are particularly heavy, and most of them have fallen, although business on the whole was limited. According to the accounts received lately from Paris, the movement against the protection duty in favour of the beet-root growers is becoming most powerful in the mercantile parts of France. Tne deputations to Paris are very numerous, both of beet-root growers and of those re presenting the colonial and shipping interests of the southern and western ports ; and the King and Minister; are said to be greatly embarrassed by the difficulties of the case. On one hand there is the strong probability that the whole of the colonies of France will be lost to that. country if the prohibition upon colonial sugars be not very speedily removed ; and on the other hand the capital in vested in beet-root g rowin g is stated to be equal to 100,000,000 of francs, the parties interested in which have, it is declared, an influence in the Chamber of Deputies greater than that of the Minister and the Court. The answer of the King to a late deputation of beet-root growers shows that the usual juste milieu course is to be attempted between the contending parties ; but this, in the present instance, is thought to be impracticable, insomuch as the cultivation of beet-root for the purposes of sugar is so absurdly expensive a mode of supplying the country with that commodity, that even a very slight reduction of the duty upon colonial sugars wmfd at once abolish the whop beet-root production of the North of France. That the monopolists will therefore resist the Government in any proposition for relieving the colonies is considered to be almost certain, and very important results may soon be found to arise from this question as affecting France in her foreign possessions, and as a first-rate European power. TIMES.—A slight improvement upon the last price of the funds was maintained during the early part of the day, but eventually they receded to the former quotations. From Malta, to the 4th of October, it is noticed tlot the new Act of Parliament for the imposition and regulation of intermediate rates of postage between places in the Mediterranean had gone into operation, and the effect was to reduce the rates between Malta, Gibraltar, the lonian Islands, or Alexandri•i, from Bd. to 6d. each single letter ; the same rate to be chargeable between " any ports or places situate in the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Archipelago, the Black Sea, or in any part of Turkey, or in Spain, Portugal, France, in the Mediterra nean, or on the northern coast of Africa, whether within or without.the Straits of Gibraltar ;" provided such letters had not been previously brought from any place in the United Kingdom, or intended to be sent there. A half -yearly meeting was held in Dublin on the 15th of the shareholders of the Agricultural and Commercial Bank, for the purpose of receiving a report of the Direc tors. The main feature of the accounts was the statement of a surplus of 254,0431., after provision for all " engage ments to the public." The report declared the resolution of the Directors to adhere to the determination of not " in creasing the number of working branches beyond 20," and those located in districts best adapted for profitable opera tions. A good deal of soreness was expressed about cer tain p'irtions of the evidence given before the Parliamen tary Committee on Joint•steck Banks by, as it is stated, interested or incompetent individuals,"and with reference to such part of that evidence as is comprised in the queries from 4,203 to 4,208, various explanations and contradictions are given. Among these it was asserted by a witness that 11,4471. was the amount of " past due" bills at the Boyle branch, which he ,va!ued at 1,000/. only, the actual re sult being that the whole has since been got in except 30001., the greater part of which, however, was " consi dered good." From December, 1834, to November, 1836, the bills discounted at Castlebar amounted to about 600,000/. The past due bills at the latter date were about 15,0001., now reduced to 3,9001., which were in v:eekly course of collection. The " past due" bills at Cork, in November, 1836, amountel to 24,2951., now reduced to 5,7001. ; Limerick, 8,0001. past due bills, reduced to 6531. ; Kilkenny, 11,3141., at present 1,3321. ; in Water ford alf paid up but 150/., &c. The attention of those present was called to the Bank of Ireland Charter, lately renewed until the Ist of January, 1840, when, of course, every exertion would be made to secure its further renewal. Such a monopoly was declared to be " highly detrimental" to commerce, and from these, with other indications, it may be expected that a strong opposition will in due time be combined against it. HERALD.—The Maltese papers state that, under the authority of a decree issued by the Neapolitan and Sicilian Government, Mr. Back, an Englishman, had received the privilege of working for minerals in all parts of the king doms of Naples and Sicily, an d th at t h e Company formed for this undertakinghas a capital of 1,000 ounces. By the schooner Larch, from Rio de Janeiro, via Jersey, we have received dates from thence to the 18th of August. The commerce cf the country was generally dull, but the exchange on London bad advanced from 2711 to 27i a 28. The local Six per Cent. Stock was quoted at 82, and the Treasury had made some few sales. The Steam-boat Com pany's Shares were at 15 prem. The late commercial advices from the United States dwell particularly on the increased mercantile communica tion between the State of New York and the very fertile State of Ohio, by way of Philadelphia. The trade be tween the three States had most amazingly increased in consequence of the demand fur agricultural produce, and the receipts on the New York Canal this year have ex ceeded the great trading year of 1836. In connection with this subject we may notice the Harresburgh and Lan caster R a ilway, which traverses the heart of Pennsylvania, and is now the connecting link between the States of Ohio and New York, and which, though not completed, is pro ducing from eleven to twelve thousand dollars per month. With respect to the loan in aid of the Harresburgh and Lancaster Railroad, which has been taken by the house of Messr s . D. and S. Salomons, it appears that the details of the contract went out by the Great Western, and their ra tification was returned by the same vessel. One of the moat important features of this contract is that the con tracting parties on the other side of the Atlantic have agreed to permit the Bonds, which are sterling and payable in London, to be converted into American currency at the specie par of exchange, at any time, on the option of the holders of the dividends receivable in Philadelphia, which .1 - enders this security, unlike the majority of the United States' public Bonds, negotiable on either side of the Atlantic. posT,The Money Market continues . in a mo s t i nact i ve state, and the public as well as the jobbers do not .seem at all inclined to carry on any speculation at the present time. D ng, at 45, -l ell, sixth 13 ,b ronllian-ed Rev eren d H. nry Max have t o Farnham, took whi c h place yes ter-d,,y morning, 1 titian -square, Dubli n . H e was in his 65th ye lh: r , and t to the title upo n t h e d ecease of R it: ,, A ht n u N io l i f i A ou N r i a .— le his brother, the late Lord, which occurred in P ar i s on the 20th of last month. He is succeeded in his ti t l e an d estates by announce ßA ed O ca F It o succeeded LORDf the his elde-t son, the Hon. H. Maxwell, M. P. His Lordship's accession to the Peerage has created a vacancy in the repre sentation of the country of Cavan.—Dublin Post of Saturday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury hive arrived at Hatfield House, Herts, after visiting the Duke of We!lingtor, at Walmer Castle. CLEVELAND HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S. --Letters were brought by the Earl of Durham's nephew and Aide-de- Camp, Mr. Cavendish, directing the housekeeper to get the mansion ready fur the reception of the family by the latter end of the year. The house steward of the noble Governor- General, who attended him to Quebec, was also a passenger by the Great Western steam-ship, and is come over on busi ness relative to the return of the household to England. It was understood that the Earl would be absent two years in Canada, and the family mansion was dismantled of most of the furniture previous to undeitoing a thorough course of repair and embellishment, which had already commenced ; and Mr. Stephenson, secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, was app o i n t e d agent to his Lordship's exten sive estates in th e north. WENTW oRTfi HO USE . —A l arge f am il y c i rc l e wa s assembled at the above splendid seat of the Fitzwilliam family since the late marriage of Lady Anne; Viscount and Vis countess Milton are there. Shooting and hunting occupy the gentlemen in the morning, and music and a dance are gene rally the amusements of the evening. REDBOURNE HALL. The Duke of St. Alban's has arrived at this ancient seat, from a shooting excursion in Scotland, and intends to remain here three months. The late Duchess never liked the hall, and did not reside here. Mr. Arthur and Lady Caroline Cape!, and Mr. Montague and Lady Georgian°. Cholmeley, have arrived on a visit to his Grace. , THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCII.—It is with regret we have heard it asserted, on authoril which we are inclined to believe, that this princely nobleman has determined to break up his numerous magnificent establishments in this country, and retire with his family for some years to the Continent. The reason we have heard assigned for this sudden resolve is the delicate health of the eldest hope of Buceleuch, the Earl of Dalkeith. The prospect of this change has caused much lamentation in the town of Dalkeith, as we have no doubt it will also do in the vicinity of all the other princely residences of hi s Grace. Caledonian Mercury. APPROPRIATION OR EXTINCTION.—We see in the Dublin Evening Post a requisition for a meeting, to be held in the County o f M eath, with a slew to tie abolition of Tithes, or their appropriation to national purposes. THE CORN-LAWS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As you have given my letter of the 31 inst., on the Corn-laas, a place in the columns of The Sun, I am induced to address you again on the same momentous subject, involv ing, as it does, the vital interests, happiness, prosperity, and quiet of the country. I have been led into my present train of reflection by reading the published account of the last yearly and quarterly returns of the Revenue; a subject of deep inter est to all, for all have a concern in it. Thinking on this sub ject has brought to my recollection the remarkable statement of a fact, once made by Lord Bexley (then Mr. Vansittart Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his place in Parliament) which intimately and happily connects the liberal supply of cheap bread to the people with a flourishing state of the revenue, desiderata of mighty importance at the present moment. Con sidering the quarter from whence the oracular declaration emanated, it will be received with profound reverence, as of high authority, by many of the advocates of the Corn-laws; by others, perhaps, as not proceeding from absolute wisdom, countenanced though it was, by those sages, many of whom are still in Parliament, who then voted, no doubt conscien tiously, that a pound note and a shilling were equal to a guinea, when at the very moment of the statement it was no torious that at every shop trafficking in the precious metals, six, seven, and eight and twenty shillings were readily given for a guinea, short of legal weight. But let that rest as al together unconnected with the fact wi h which we have to do, which has in itself sufficient intrinsic value to arrest our atten tion, and is worth a thousand arguments in this controversy. The statement was, "that a good crop was equal to ten per cent. in the revenue." When the Chancellor made this paramount admission of the value of cheap corn, he did not, and could not, forsee its peculiar and pointed applicability to our present circumstances, when there is a scanty supply, and, m asc .- quently, a high price of the first article of subsistence to the working classes, accompanied with a d, ficient revenue, and with an unavoidable increase of expenditure in our colonies, which all are sadly deploring. Wha►, then, is the fair inference from these premises, following naturally in the series of cause and effect ? Simply, that when the mass of the people are abundantly supplied with cheap bread, by a good harvest or free importation, which are, in fact, convertible terms, their comforts are multiplied, their happiness and contentment with their lot insured ; and, what is not at , first sight so apparent, the revenue of the country greatly augmented, to the extent of ten per cent., according to the Chancellor, a sum equal to the ex pense of collection. Here, then, is no abstruse enigma, no perplexing sophism, but a fact so simple, a result 30 self-evi dent, that "he who runs may read." Abolish, then, the Corn laws, and all these blessed consequences necessarily follow. The poorest labourer, even the hand loom weaver, the most wretched and humbled man in the community, whose hard lot rni:, , ht move to compassion the most obdurate heaat, and for whose relief no committee or commission have been able to suggest a remedy, might rise above the starvation point, and be better enabled to undergo his sixteen hours a day of hard labours, perhaps even obtain a little of those taxed luxuries which, in ordinary times, never reach him, and by which chiefly the revenue of the country is produced. Open ports For the importation of grain operating precisely as a good har vest, in some respects even more advantageously, by raising the price abroad to our rival manufacturers, is what alone can enable our workmen to continue much longer the unequal competition with foreigners. That such would be the tendency of the measure, if carried into practice to whatever extent it might go, there cannot be the shadow of a doubt. The more this subject is fairly and dispassionately canvassed and dis cussed, the more signally will its impolicy and cruelty become apparent. Must we, then, only indulge in unavailing regret, that our manufactures are excluded more and more every day from fo reign markets, by a successful rivalship, and attribute it to un just de6rees against us, which are mere acts of retaliation, while, in point of fact, our own vicious Corn-law and timber policy, and other inconsiderate restrictions on our trade, are the real root of the evil. By such short-sighted and unwise policy we have forced the Continental States to try their hand at manufactures, in which, as might easily have been foreseen, they continue to make rapid progress, and will surpass us, un less our decay be arrested or checked by retracing our steps. The furious Berlin and Milan decrees, fulminated against us as a nation of shop-keepers, by Bonaparte, availed nothing, because Continental State; had not then learned our art. The' tables are now turned against us, and by our bounty to en courage them they have become apt scholars. It is fully time we should bestir ourselves to regain our lost ground be fore it be too late. In conclusion, lam anxious to address a word of exhortation to the middle crass, that important, intelligent, and influential section of the community, who, in troublous times, are all powerful to control the airagant selfishness of the landowners, and the furious inconsideration, of that active, turbulent sect, small in number thOugh they be, who, in speeches at meetings and preachings are proclaiming sedition through the length and breadth of the land, while it is yet tine, More worse should bcfal us. I am, Sir, yours, &c., Edinburgh, Oct. 18, 1838. G. M. Y. Sl.—ln my letter of the 3d inst., inserted in The Sun of the Bth, there is an error in the press which destroys the sense and scope of the passage. In the printed letter, it is said the Dutch find it advantageous to occupy a portion of their soil in every produce. In the MS. the word was dairy produce. It was intended to show that that prudent, calculat ing,, economical people, although they did not produce home grain sufficient to supply their own wants, yet emplo3ed a considerable portion of their rich soil in producing butter and cheese, which they sold to those who wanted it, and with the price bought corn wherever they could get it cheapest. Morever, it had this other mighty advantage to them as a ma ritime state, of which they never lost sight, but well knew the full value, that of being the carriers to other nations. This is the true spirit of commercial policy, and ought never to be forgotten. It is well enough understood in this country ; bu we have so many interests within interests that the cardina principle is lost sight of, and the good of the community, sacr ficed to the advantage of the few. G. M. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The Editor of the Morning Post having, for some time past, volunteered his services, in defence of the " Oxford Writers," in the " Tracts for the Times," I addressed him in two communications, in which I showed, by references to the tracts in question, that the authors of them might clearly be convicted of pr:nciples, not merely anti- Protestant, but Popish, in cha racter. The Editor of the Post, notwithstanding his refusal to insert my communications, as well as those of another Cor respondent, on the ground that the subject, being a " religious one, was not suited to the columns of a newspaper," has, actu. ally, since his refusal, given inaertion to no less than four com munications on the same subject on his own side of the ques tion, and has not only done this, but has resumed the contro versy in two of his leading articles ! It is impossible not to feel the most utter contempt for such bare-faced hypocrisy as that exhibited by the Post, and equally impossible to avoid the convic tion, that some very weighty and powerful consideration must have operated with its Editor, thus (in defiance of his twice re peated resolution) not only to open his columns to communi cations on the subject, but to resume it, with all the zeal of a bigotted partizan. In my first commun'cation to the Post I showed that in his controversy with a " Churchman," he had entirely misunderstood the design of the writer in the 7th page of No. 71 in the Oxford Tracts, which was not (as the Post understood) to prove that the argument urged by some, in fa vour of the " Invocation" of the Stints was " shocking and profane to the feelings of a Romanist, and shallow, even in the judgment of a philosopher," but, that the argument urged by some, against the doctrine of invocation, " was shocking to the feelings of a Romanist and shallow in the judgment of a philo sopher." I showed that, although the writers in the Tracts dis claim the doctrine of the' Invocation" of saints, they maintain that of the " Intercession" of the saints—and I also showed that the design of the writer in the Tract, No. 71, page 7, was to show, that, inasmuch as the argument adduced by some Protestants, against the doctrine of " Invocation," was no dis proof of it—though the writer in the Tract does not defend the eoctriae—the same argument would be, and is, no disproof of the doctrine of the " Intercession," of the saints, which the writers in the " Oxford" Tracts do defend and maintain. In prOof of my assertion, I referred the Editor of the Post to page 53, in No. 75, in regard to " Intercession." I pointed out to him, amongst the " Selections" from the Roman breviary, re commended by the writers to Protestant use, a Collect, which follows an " Antiphon," invocatory of the Virgin—the " An tiphon" is spoken of; as decidedly exceptionable, as are, indeed, all the " gratuitous invocations," but the Collects are consi dered proper to be " re-appropriated," for Protestant use. The Collect is in page 53 as follows : —" Grant, 0 Lord God, we beseech thee, that we, thy servants, may ever prosper in perpetual health of body and mind, and by the glorious inter cession of the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness and enjoy eternal bliss." A similar Col. leet also occurs in page 86, No. 75, and in page 81 is a prayer, that " by the deserts of both Peter and Paul, we may obtain everlasting glory 1" In the same page is a prayer for the souls of the " faithful that they may rest in peace," and in another a prayer, that " they may have a merciful judgment." And in page 168 is the following :—" Let us keep vigil on the Sabbath, with the blessed Apostle Peter, through whose deeds of grace, working together with our prayers, we may obtain what we ask, ,Fec ;" and in pages 61 and 82, are " Confessions," which, in page 10, are defended, though the " use of them now" is discouraged ; b ut only disc ouraged, lest they " might sanction the direct invocation of the Saints." Now, Sir, all this, with a great deal more which I could quote, is decidedly anti-Pro testant in doctrine; and it is, I verily believe, because the Editor of the Post was convinced of this, that he hypocriti cally declined inserting my communications ; on the ground Ora " the subject," which he is still pursuing, in favour of the Oxford Tracts, " is unsuited to the columns of a newspaper 11" But, Sir, I b e li eve t h e Editor of the Post was most sorely touched with my re f erence to page 8, in No. 71, where the Pope' s aut h or i ty and " precedence" over other Bishops in England an d e l sewhere is vindicated. The writers speak of it as a " matter suspended and under abeyance," but " not to be d en i e d . " " At present, " they say, " he ought to ilave no juri s di c ti on, " b ut " he has," the maintain, " legitimate clai ms w hi c h may be settled certain ing impediment s t o our acknowledg in him !I" wh y en he removes exist guage this, Sir, for tho se who have subscribed to r the g autho- Stan e stlan rized thformu the la P ries of the Church, which (wh e th er r i g h t or not ) ate at ope is " Antichrist, ' not the successor of St . Peter but of the Scribes and Pharieees," and the Church of R ome the Babylonieal Beast arid the Whore of Ba talittienmhpgt bylon 1 I believe, Sir, the object of the Oxford writers is to h t e o r b q ri u n arter s my firm lz convic tion us after the Romish fashion, and, should their opi nions us back to ..ome.— i t i i i n o t n i s i so therebtairi artywill sanction c a n t I am, Sir, your's, faithfully, LATIMER. P. S —1 do not write under the iefluence of any political feeling, not taki , g much part in politics, but I prefer Whig- Radical honesty to high-Tory hypocrisy and insincerity, THE DEVIL'S LAWS. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDRNT.) DUBLIN, OCT. 21. THE NEW AGITATION.—Sinee my last communication, at least a dozen meetings have been held, to form branches of the Precursor Society. The one of these of the most im portance is the meeting at Belfast, where Mr. Sharman Craw ford and the .Northern Whig, enemies of the New Agitation, have their chief strength. Among the other localities where members have been enrolled, or where meetings are convened, are Athlone, Kilworth, Carrick- Suir, Roscrea, Naas, Car rick-Rerlmont, Louth, and various parishes in Kilkenny. Mr. O'Connell's late letter gave a very great impetus to the movement, since it frees those who join the Society from the Rep, al Pledge, previously necessary to admission. It is thought that the active operations of the new body will com mence sooner than was anticipated, on account of the proba bility of an immediate meeting of Parliament. In addition to the public dinners already noticed, Mr. O'Connell is invited to others at Waterford and Galway, and still more are in progress. TfiE REGISTRIES.—The Reformers have been pretty suc cessful on the Registries throughout the country. In Galway two hundred and thirty-seven have registered for them, whi.e the Torics did not obtain the franchise for a single mai. Again, in Armagh the Reformers had a majority of twelve; and in Carlow, Newry, and same other places, they were equally successful. In Dublin and Belfast, however, the Tories unfortunately had a victory. INTERCOURSE BETWEEN DUBLIN AND LONDON.---A meet ing of the merchants of Dublin was held yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce, to petition Government to make speedily the arrangements necessary for the greatest possible intercourse with London. The merchants, by taking this step, show they place very little reliance upon the promises of the Post-office. A Committee was appointed to arrange the business and procure signatures to the petition or memorial. I have seen to-day a circular to the managing Committee of the Dublin Library Society, calling them together to ar range a similar meeting of that important body. Nothing will be left undone to secure to the public all the advantages that can arise from the late changes. CAVAN.--TIIC vacancy which has occurred in Cavan, by the death of the Rev. and lion. the Earl of Farnham (who had succeeded but a few weeks to his title), and the elevation of his son to the Peerage, will riot, I fear, give a victory to the Liberal party. A Reformer will scarcely be prevailed on to stand for a county where the tenantry are nearly all the nicer serfs of a bigotted clique of Tory landlords. Some hopes were entertained of opening that county, from several victories at the registries ; but the time for its emancipation has not yet come. NEW APFOINTMENT. —The Chairmanship of the county of Louth, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Moore, has been pre sented by Government to Mr. William M'Dermott, an active and useful Reformer. Mr. Crawford, who so frequently declared the new Tithe Bill final and irrevocable, is among the requisitionists of the great Meath Anti-Tithe meeting, which is convened by the most opulent landowners in the county, to petition for the ex tinction of the impost. Broadstairs, within the last few days, has been the scene of several serious and fatal accidents. On Thursday week John Clarke, while employed in pitching some straw, wounded his toe o ith a fork, a lock-jaw ensued, and on the following Saturday he exiiired. On Saturday morning last Mrs. Massared suddenly expired. The deceased, who was seventy years of age, had been eating a herring, and while in the act of asking for another, she ceased to exist. In ad dition to these we may mention another case, which though not so fatal, is of a serious nature. Mr. Stevens, a tinman, while closing his shop on Thursday evening, fell through into the area beneath his shop, and fractured his leg. —Canterbury Paper. MARCH OF HUMANITY.—A humane gentleman has introduced into Taunton a manner of killing pigs by which the sufferings of the animal are lessened. lie proposes that the pig should be struck on the'forehead between the eyes with an iron hammer, weighing about seven pounds, which stuns it, and, whilst it is in a state of insensibility, to be stuck as usual. The cries of the animal, and its dying struggles, which are repugnant to humanity, are completely obviated by this method.— Taunton Courier. EXTRAORDINARY CUCUMBER.—A cucumber of the following dimensions has been exhibited at our office this week, grown by James Brown, gardener to John Hebble thwaite, Esq., Leeds :—Length 25 inches, circumference in the thickest part 91 inches, smallest part 94 inches, weight 6011bs. It was cut on the 17th inst.—Leeds intelligencer. Our readers who travel from Oxford to the Tring station on the Birmingham Railway will be glad to hear that the road leading from Wheatley turnpike, through Tidding ton, to Thine, is henceforth to be a turnpike-road, although without that drawback to the comfort of a turnpike-road — a toll gate ! The trustees of the Thames and Aylesbury roads have very liberally included the road in question within their district, and have agreed to advance 500/. towards Putti n g it in comp!ete repair. —Oxford Herald. Mr. Morison, the Hygeist, hereby calls the attention of those who may entertain a doubt as to the truth of the fle , reian Theory (that on the , blood alone depends lif e or death), to the lecture of Professor Alajendie, a s pu bli shed in the Lancet, of the 2 0 th inst., wherein they will see the opinion entertained by that eminent pathologis'. on the subject, ard also on the contradictory jargon of the present system of ti,e medical profession ; in illustration o! which system, he ( Pro fessor 11.1ajendie) does not hesitate to declare that the higher the reputation obtained in it, the greater the proof of ernpiri cim ; such reputation being grounded only on the monstrous farrago of drugs prescribed at haz ird, thus leading the unwary to believe tlie practiti oner as " profoundly versed in the matnria medica, and being a man of immense resources," &c. The learned professor further add s t h at, according to the present system of medicine, " the practitioner mixes, combines, and jumbles together, vegetable, mineral, and animal substances; administers them right or wrong, without considering for a moment the cause of the disease, and without a single clear idea on the why and wherefore of his conduct," which is most true.—British College of Health, New-road, Oct. 21, 1838. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of a young woman named Cushier', late a ladies'-maid in a Nobleman's family. Deceased had left her situation, and for some time had been in a very desponding state of mind. On Tuesday, being taken suddenly ill, she was conveyed to the hospital, and after her departure a basin was found in her room containing same gruel, which, on being analyzed, was discovered to contain arsenic. The father of the deceased said he was unable to account for his unfortunate child destroying herself. She hzd been a very good daughter. She had not left her situ tion for any improper conduct. She had latterly been very desponding. She had no male fol lowers. Mr. Curie, the apothecary, stated that the deceased on her admission was apparently labouring under the symp toms of having swallowed either arsenic or oxalic ac id. An tidotes were advninistercd, but s h e gra d ua ll y san k, an d di e d on Thursday. O n opening the body no vestige of "is" could be discov ere d . The contents of the stomach had not been analyzed. Verdict—. That the deceased died under strong suspicion o f h av i ng taken poison, but the evidence was not sufficient to prove such." A steady advance in the prices of corn now takes place on each market day at Mark-lane. For the last six, the tvhole of the samples of old English and foreign wh e at h ave been t a k en o ff w i t h t h e greatest av idi ty b y th speculators, and there is now, indeed, scarcely any sound old wheat to be purchased at Mark-lane. The late accounts from the ' continental nations are also now fully confirmed as to the deficiency and bad quality of the crops, the most recently received letters describing the prospects of those countries to be much worse than our own, as regards the price of food for the ensuing winter months. In Germany parti cularly, we understand from persons who have lately visited almost the whole length of the country, that the utmost mi sery is expected amongst the population ; for not only has the present hai vest been deficient, but the old stocks of corn have been exhausted by the purchases for the Eng- lish market which took place about the time of the recent opening of the ports ; so that there is not a village in Ger many where the people are not in consternation at the price of bread, and "curses against the English" are described as being heard on every hand. This is a view of the ope ration of the Corn-laws which is too seldom alluded to in this country,,for the misery which these tyrannical regu lations bring upon foreign countries is even greater than that which is inflicted upon the population at home. The rise of prices in all other countries is expected to produce the most distressing consequences to the trade o f th e wor ld, for in the U n it e d States, it appears by the latest intelli gence, the prices of flour and Indira corn had advanced to enormous rates, in consequence of the speculative purchases which were going forward for the English market to the great injury of the mass of the population, who are only now emerging from the late troubles of the trading world, to be again subjected to difficulties arising from a double price of the necessaries of life. In Canada, also, great distress is expected to prevail from the same cause; for not only will there be no surplus of corn, to be this year exported to England, as in favourable years, but so deficient has bean the production of grain from the coldness of the autumn and the large falling off in the cultivation of the lower province, in consequence of the civil troubles, that a large importation of flour and corn will be required at enormous prices from the only market which can possibly be capable of sending out the supplies—that of the United States. In the midst of the difficulties in which so great a portion of the population of the world is expected to be involved from the sudden changes in the value of the necessaries of life, it is clear that the effect upon the trade and commerce of Great Bri tain must be of a doubly distressing description, for the consumption of manufactured goods, both at home and abroad, must be extensively diminished by the impossi bility of purchasing clothing and other not so indispen sable articles of manufactured goods. • In this manner will diminished employment, in all probability, come to double the difficulties of the manufacturing population of Eng land and Scotland, and to force on that repeal of the Corn-laws which circumstances are now conspiring to ren der it impossible for the English Aristocracy to continue for their own advantage amidst the clamour and curses of the people of almost every nation in the world.—Alurninq chronicle. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE . / OxFora), OCT. 20.—The Camden Professor of Ancient History has announced his intention to begin a course of Lec tures on the Romans in the second century, on Tuesday next, at one o'clock. The Savilian Professor of Astronomy proposes to deliver a cours3 of Lectures on that Science. The Boden Professor of Sanscrit has given notice of a course of Lectures, to commence on Friday, N ov . 2, at two o'clo c k. The Senior Proctor has appointed Wednesday, the 24th inst., from one to three, Thursday, the 25th, from two to three, and Friday, the 26th, from tuo to four o'clock, to re ceive the names of candidates for Examination this Term, to commence on Friday, Nov. 2. The Bishop of Exeter has instituted the Rev. John Collins, of B s raz hi ennose re Colle ge , to the Rectory of North Huisb, Devon. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has a ppointed Rev. Dr. B. S. Cl axon , of Worcester College, Chapla the Chaplain to the Gloucester Infirmary. AWFUL OCCURRENCE. --- On Tuesday morning last a most singular and disastrous event took place at Dunkirk, about a quarter of a mile front Northwich, in the instaataneous sinking of a plat of ground, nearly an acre in extent, to the depth of fifteen or twenty yards. It is necessary to explain that at the depth of about fifty yards from the surface runs a vein or mine of rack salt of about fifteeen yards in thickness, which at this spot had, as usual, been worked and excavated, before sinking to the lower vein, at a depth about 100 yards. For some time past this upper mine had been considered insecure, from the pillars left to support the superincumbent earth being in a tottering state. The men, however, bad continued their work until Satur. day last ; but on Monday they declined going down to work, in consequence of bearing noises beLiw, like the falling of large pieces of rock salt, which continued at intervals during the day. On the following morning four of the men ventured down the water shaft, and found there was not spece for the bucket to pass down the main shaft, as the planks on one side were forced inwards; and subsequently, on making a similar attempt, it was found the difficulty had in creased. Still there was not any immediate danger appre i bended, and it was resolved to let the alarm subside, by the lapse of a few days, before any further steps were taken, and a number of persons quitted the spot. But in less than half an hour the ground gave way, with a tremendous roar, and the rock house, tower, gin house, engine house, stables. and two cottages, were thrown into a heap of ruins, at the depth of fifteen yards from the surface; and twelve individuals who were on the premises were also carried down, and most of them overwhelmed by the falling ruins of the buildings. Some of them, however, provi dentially escaped. A woman, who was washing near her cottage door wh e n t h e ground sank, ran, and avoided the house falling upon her, and she was first seen running across the earth beneath —she contrived to escape, and to scramble up the sides of the bank. The shock was so great and sud den, that it was felt I:ke an earthquake in the town of North wich ; and even as far as Wincham, women and children ran screaming to the spot, a n d a crowd soon surrounded it. Two men were assisted out by means of ropes ; they were at the moment of the fall in the stable, with four horses, one of which was extricated, the other three were killed. Means were speedily proposed for affording aid to any of the sufferers, and ropes being obtained, several men went down with them tied round their waists. The first they found was William Birtles, who was much hurt by the end of one of the cottages falling upon him; but there are hopes of his recovery, medical aid having been promptly afforded him, Timothy Fowls, son of the agent of the works, was found under one of the horses ; he escaped almost with. out injury. The next man found was Joseph S w i n d e ll s, who had been employed that day as a whitewasher, but he died - almost immediately after being brought to the top. Two other men, Thomas Hatton and Joseph Dutton, who were in the stable, were taken out of the ruins quite dead. On the following day the body of a boy, John Tomkinson, was found. Every exertion has been used, but there are three of the poor fellows still missing ; they are supposed to be buried a great depth. They were seen by Maria Birtles after the first fall. stretching out their bawls for help, but another portion of building fell and totally overwhelmed them. There were se v rdl most providential escapes, but we have not space for all the details with which we have been favoured.—Macclesfield Courier. SOUTH AMERICA. Accounts from Rio Grande of the 14th July represent that divisions had broken out between the insurgent Chiefs since their success at Rio Pardo, and that they were mutually accusing each other of treachery and of not having profited by their victory. Calderon, in the meantime, the Commander for the Government, had collected more than 1,000 cavalry in the Oriental State to reinforce the Imperial a-my. According to advices from Bahia of the 27th of July an auxiliary force of troops from thence bad embarked, and was to sail on the 2d of August for Rio Grande. The sailing of the packet Lyra had been delayed till the 22d of August. Private letters received in the City to-day of the 14th August, from Monte Video, do not confirm this intelli. hence, but the contrary. They state that the outside (Rivera's) party had to a certain extent surrounded the town, and cut off the supplies of fresh provision, The siege, however, was not so strict but that some had gained entrance. Assistance had been sent from Buenos Ayres to Laval:eja, who commanded at Pysandre, by Roses, con sisting of 300 men fully armed. Great exertions were also making by the Government to support him. A brig of war bad arrived from France with despatches for Admiral Le Blanc, commanding the blockading squadron, informing him that four more ships of war were shortly to sail from Brest and Toulon, to reinforce the squadron. Exchange at Monte Video, 43id. to 44d. Letters from Mexico, dated the 24th of August, state that advices had been just received there that a French blockading squadron, consistin g of two frigates and a cor vette, had arrived on the West (the Pacific) coast. A. private letter from Son Luis de Potosi, of the 15th, con firms this intelligence. The writer states that the Prefect had just been with him, to say that an extraordinary courier had arrived, advising that two French frigates, a brig, and a corvette had appeared at San B!as and Mazat to com mence the blockade in the Pacific.—Tinies. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE —Between tSvtive and one o'clock yesterday morning a young man, named John Friend, who is very respectably connected, was brought into St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, having male a desperate attempt to terminate his existence by cutting his throat with a rt zor. The rash act was perpetrated at his lodgings in Gray's Inn road; and, although the incision is both deep and extensive, it for tunately did not separate any of the principal vessels of the throat. He had latterly been in a low and desponding way, arising from his addresses to the daughter of an acquaint ance having been rejected. S•rong hopes are indulged in of his surviving. EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF POTATOES. There was dug up lately, on Sir David Milne's property. at Inveresk, near Musselburgh, some potatoes, of the usual size, which probably exceed in crop any other ever heard of. The soil is a light loam. It was partially manured with a corn , pound of tree-leaves and pigeon dung : and the roots were planted in the beginning of April. At five shays of the American early sort, there were no fewer than 280 goodly sized roots, weighing in all 3-Whs., giving 56 potatoes to each plant 1 At one shaw of early ki , lneys there were 38, weighing 71bs. ; and a sbaw cf early dwarfs had no fewer than 50 po,. tatoes of the same weight as the others. On the break •of land, whereon these potatoes grow, taking the whole at an average, the crop might have yielded upwards of 200 bolls per acre We understand the roots of three of the plants have been sent to Mr, Lawson's Agricultural Museum.—Berwick Warder. A REscuE.---A most laughable incident occurred yesterday in one of the principal streets of our moropolis. An unfortunate wight, who happened to leave some unpleasant reminiscences with a variety of tradesmen whom he had for some time been liberally patronising, and had given practical lessons in the useful art of bookkeeping, was sauntering through Sackville.street, between three and four o'clock, when his meditations were most abruptly curtailed by the unceremonious greetings of a couple of hard-hearted knaves, in the shape of sheriffs' bailiffs. Aware that a slight suspicion of debt attach to him if seen in their company, and being very reluctant to comply with their invitation, t'.e youth sud denly exclaimed—" Even for conscience sake will I suffer this iniquity I" The loud tones of his voice attracted the attention of several persons passing by, and to their in quiries as to the cause of his arrest he promptly replied. " Tithes, tithes ! I am about to be dragged to prison at the suit of a parson I never saw, and for spiritual services I never sought." " It's a shame," said some patriotic Dis senter, in cordial sympathy with the martyr. " It's a dis grace," said an indignant Papist. "We should not suffer it," said a Liberal Protestant. " I'm d—d if we will," growled a pugnacious jarvey, hustling through the crowd. " Tithes, tithes !" bellowed the prisoner. " Down with the ti . c i hes chorused a dozen of newsvenders. " Beat the b s s e d e ffs the shouted a young urchin perched on a lamp-post to o versee p n e ded an fun. " Yes, by all means, beat the bailiffs, apple-woman, striking the object of her . w t d t mob- " Here's " Rescue the prisoner," yelled the exc ite d rfi; over res the face. To h—ll with the the police," roared the frightened insinuated the imp on police and the parsons," rejoined the bailiff=, and rescue the prisoner, of an eye the aforesaid the lamp-post, and in the twin k ling ed the length of their respee baean„kt:.mbrella- man. B eat ministers of the law had measur ed for eon science the five corpuses in wards Carlis e-bridge, at the rate o ffo rel, while . th i e - "martyr . an our. Groups were yet lingering of eight or ten knots had occurred, when the patrol ar rived, sake" scudded o on the spot where fracas In quitieS made by the inspector, it turned was captured for a bona _fide debt, and. • d far more to his ingenuity than to his conscientious " e his release.—Freeman's Journal. scruples for out rive d thatan The Menai Bridge, the most wonderful work of the kind in this country, is far surpassed in length, breadth, and height by the chain-bridge at Fribourg, in Switzerland. This bridge hai a span from pier to pier of 870 feet, and is sus poetic(' at the height of 167 feet above the river, being longer than the Menai by 319 feet, and higher by 65 feet. The breadth is in proportion; yet the whole cost amounted only to 24,0001., while the Menai Bridge cost 211,7911.